jätma
‘left’ · runosong lemma · Estonian and Finnish verb
| English gloss | left |
|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb |
| Language | Estonian and Finnish |
| Total occurrences | 5,866 |
| By corpus | SKVR 0, JR 0, KR 46 poems, ERAB 5,820 |
The counts in this table cover all attested spellings of this lemma, not only the headword form; all are word occurrences, except the KR figure in the By corpus row, which counts poems.
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Attested wordforms
jättis, jätsid, jätä, jätsin, jätt, jätid, jätke, jätta, jäti, jätnud, jäetud, jättä, jätäm, jätis, jät, jätin, jätma, jätäd, jätvad, jätäme, jätet, jäetu, jättemine, jättan, jätäs, jätäi, jättemaie, jette, jäetasse, jätnd, jätäb, jägage, jätemine, iasta, jäted, jätten, jätim, jätäp, jädän, jätat … and 209 more of 249 attested forms
In Estonian dictionaries
Definitions are shown in Estonian: the source dictionaries are Estonian-language works.
EKSS
jätma · 47
- 1. (edasi) olla laskma
- 2. mingisuguseks muutma v. muutuda laskma, mingisse olukorda v. seisundisse minna laskma v. siirma
- 3. tulemust, tagajärge v. järelmõju andma, millegi ilmumist v. tekkimist põhjustama
- 4. (lahkudes) loovutama, (üle v. edasi) andma
jätma
- (millegi varjatuks, üldiselt teadmatuks jäämise v. jätmise kohta)
EMS
jätma
- (edasi)
- olla laskma
- mingis olukorras või seisundis
- (koos ma-inf abessiiviga; lause sisult eitav)
Idamurre
jätma
Sources: EKSS — Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat, Eesti Keele Instituut (CC BY 4.0) · EMS — Eesti murrete sõnaraamat, Eesti Keele Instituut · Idamurde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut
English senses in context
How the AI analysis rendered this lemma in English, as a share of the entry’s analyzed uses. The analysis groups a lemma with its variant and cognate spellings, so close cognates can share one profile.
| Sense | Share |
|---|---|
| left | 51.2% |
| leave | 43.6% |
| leaves | 3.2% |
| leaving | 1.1% |
| let's | 0.4% |
| leave! | 0.3% |
| don't | 0.2% |
| didn't | 0.2% |
| abandoned | 0.1% |
| without | 0.1% |
Example verses
- maha minu jätid marjasuuru (AES, MT 34, 1/3) read in context
You left me a berry's worth, - sa jäti mu iks nõgõsõ nõalõ (AES, MT 40, 9 (12)) read in context
You left me naked on a needle, - kaare tema niitis kaks tema jättis (AES, MT 43, 70/1) read in context
He mowed the arch, left two strands, - jätt mu varha vaesõs (AES, MT 44, 2) read in context
Left me early in poverty, - jumalaga jättemaie (Kalevipoeg 1) read in context
To bid farewell: - valitsusevallaks jätta (Kalevipoeg 2) read in context
As ruling realm be left." - tuba jäetud on toeta (Kalevipoeg 3) read in context
The house left masterless, - jättis jalad ripakille (Kalevipoeg 4) read in context
Left legs dangling,
Companion words
Words that co-occur with this lemma inside the same verse line more often than chance predicts, ranked by log-likelihood (G²) over verse-level co-occurrence in SKVR, KR, JR and ERAB; only pairs seen at least 3 times.
| Word | Association (G²) | Co-occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| maha | 3,707 | 667 |
| siia | 2,229 | 419 |
| jumalaga | 1,227 | 141 |
| miks | 761 | 185 |
| marjasuur | 619 | 57 |
| jälg | 526 | 90 |
| paik | 452 | 95 |
| kotitäis | 452 | 55 |
Song types
Song types of the poems attesting this lemma, as catalogued per poem in the source corpora (ERAB type names are in Estonian, SKVR names in Finnish; JR and KR poems carry no song-type record).
| Song type | Poems |
|---|---|
| Vara vaeslapseks | 149 |
| Must naine | 142 |
| Ema haual | 104 |
| Vara vaeseks | 90 |
| Kull kutsumata | 64 |
| Liiri-lõõri! | 52 |
| Surma sajatus | 38 |
| Palju sõnu | 35 |
Collection places
Where the poems attesting this lemma were collected; each count is the number of attesting poems recorded at that place.
| Place | Poems |
|---|---|
| Setumaa | 184 |
| Kuusalu | 126 |
| Paistu | 100 |
| Karksi | 90 |
| Tarvastu | 81 |
| Haljala | 79 |
| Helme | 70 |
| Halliste | 67 |
| Ambla | 61 |
| Viljandi | 61 |
Attestation over time
Poems attesting this lemma by decade of collection or publication; undated poems are not shown.
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1690–1699 | 1 |
| 1800–1809 | 1 |
| 1820–1829 | 6 |
| 1830–1839 | 3 |
| 1840–1849 | 5 |
| 1850–1859 | 3 |
| 1860–1869 | 37 |
| 1870–1879 | 204 |
| 1880–1889 | 591 |
| 1890–1899 | 832 |
| 1900–1909 | 209 |
| 1910–1919 | 195 |
| 1920–1929 | 275 |
| 1930–1939 | 369 |
| 1940–1949 | 30 |
Collectors
The collectors who most often recorded poems attesting this lemma.
| Collector | Poems |
|---|---|
| Karl Viljak | 61 |
| Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch | 52 |
| Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov | 49 |
| Joosep Hurt | 46 |
| Gustav Seen | 45 |
Poems attesting this lemma (60 / 2,934)
- KR: Kalevipoeg 1, Kalevipoeg 2, Kalevipoeg 3, Kalevipoeg 4, Kalevipoeg 5, Kalevipoeg 6, Kalevipoeg 7, Kalevipoeg 8, Kalevipoeg 10, Kalevipoeg 11, Kalevipoeg 14, Kalevipoeg 17, Kalevipoeg 19, Kalevipoeg 20, KR 21:1, KR 28:1, KR 37:20, KR 37:25, KR 42:3413, KR 43:365, KR 46:30, KR 48:7, KR 53:168, Kanteletar 3:8, Kanteletar 3:10, Kanteletar 3:12
- ERAB: AES, MT 34, 1/3, AES, MT 40, 9 (12), AES, MT 43, 70/1, AES, MT 44, 2, AES, MT 44, 2/3, AES, MT 54, 3 (4), AES, MT 66, 4/6, AES, MT 70, 23, AES, MT 86, AES, MT 117, 54 (5), AES, MT 141, 28/30, AES, MT 145, 1/12, AES, MT 174, 34/5, AES, MT 174, 36, AES, MT 174, 37/8, AES, MT 183, 13, AES, MT 205, 11/6, AES MT 206, 14, AES, MT 236, 29/30, AES, MT 236, 41, AES, MT 257, 16, AES, MT 262, 17, AES, MT 262, 20, ARS 1, 430/1 (8), ARS 1, 449 (5), ARS 1, 469/70 (1), ARS 1, 516/7 (4), ARS 1, 657/8 (1), ARS 1, 661/2 (1), ARS 1, 910/13 (1), ARS 2, 96 (21), E A 9 (13), E A 63 (114), E A 122/4 (6)
Related lemmas
- Finnish cognate: jättää
About this profile
The counts and examples on this page come from the lemmatized text of four Finnic runosong corpora: SKVR, JR, KR and ERAB. English senses come from an AI analysis of the corpus; song types, collection places, collectors and dates follow each poem's own catalogue record.